"Old woman and a boy with candles; he leans over her shoulder from the left to light his candle; she holds a basket and shields the flame with her hand; after a copy by Schalken after Rubens (Rooses 862)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
From an original painting in the possession of George Rogers Esqr
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title from text engraved below image., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1901,0611.24., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Engraved after the painting now in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels (inv. 8503). This painting might be the one owned by Horace Walpole and kept in the Great Parlour (Refectory) at Strawberry Hill., and Formerly laid in at page 27 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Bowen, opposite the Hay Market, Piccadilly
Title assigned by cataloger., Place and date of publication conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh :Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1842., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Andrew Nicol -- Midden Stead.
Title, imprint conjectured from that of book; the 1877 ed. was issued with numbers on plates., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchngs by the late John Ka. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i, no. 118., Numbered '118' in lower right of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Andrew Nicol -- Midden Stead.
Plate [132] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; an angel with torch grabbing the arm of a veiled figure who creeps towards a pile with crown, staff, sword, scroll and book in the right foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [132] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Title supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On loose leaf before page numbered 1 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Title assigned by cataloger., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i, no. 32., and Numbered '32' in lower right corner.
Title devised by cataloger., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Two images on one plate, arranged vertically., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: school room -- Maps: wall map of America -- Balls: animals attending a ball., and Window mounted to 31 x 21 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Light fixtures, and Sconces
Opposite title page of Poems by Anna Chamber. Loose pieces printed at Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait head, in profile to the left
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on Thomas Kirgate's death date; this drawing was presumably inserted in the volume before it was sold at Kirgate's sale following his death in 1810., Sheet numbered "24" in pencil in lower right., and Mounted opposite title page of Poems by Anna Chamber, in a volume with the binder's title: Loose pieces printed at Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Name):
Temple, Anne Grenville-Temple, Countess, 1709-1777,